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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Christmas in Mexico

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners identify how Christmas holidays are celebrated in Mexico, compare Mexican holidays with U.S. holidays, and learn Mexican customs. Lesson includes many downloadable activities to try with students.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry House!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use computer drawing tools to create a house of geometric shapes.
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Activity
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly

Many Interesting Things: Basic Esl Vocabulary Word Lists

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of word lists in a variety of categories such as baseball, geography, cooking, and transportation. Learning activities include word finds, hangman, and even typing practice.
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Study Guide
Other

Interlex: Free Vocabulary Builder

For Students 9th - 10th
Free downloadable Windows application for language learners and teachers. Allows users to create bilingual vocabulary lists in over 30 different languages or download and use stock vocabulary files (food, clothing, nature, people travel,...
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Article
International Reading Association

Using Bilingual Books in Esl and Mainstreamed Classrooms

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The authors explain strategies for using bilingual books to foster literacy development with ESL learners. They argue that the presence of books in other languages in the classroom library sends a clear message about the value of...
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Article
International Reading Association

Using Bilingual Books in Esl and Mainstreamed Classrooms

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The authors explain strategies for using bilingual books to foster literacy development with ESL learners. They argue that the presence of books in other languages in the classroom library sends a clear message about the value of...
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Handout
Other

Using English: Common Verbs Word List

For Students 9th - 10th
Word lists of common English verbs. Contains links to definitions and other related words.
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Handout
Other

Using English: Basic English Word List

For Students 9th - 10th
Word list designed for the beginning English language learner. Each word links to dictionary definitions and other related or similar words.
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Handout
Other

Using English: Academic Word List

For Students 9th - 10th
Word lists by letter of advanced vocabulary with links to definitions and other related information. Useful for essay writing or test preparation.
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Handout
Other

Mark's Esl World: Toefl Word List

For Students 9th - 10th
List of 100+ words, in A-Z order, to help students prepare for the TOEFL test or practice vocabulary in general. Click a word to see the definition and hear the pronunciation.
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Article
Other

Esl Teachers' Board: Survival Arabic for Teachers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
While the pronunciations are a bit off, this is an ultimately useful list of basic classroom vocabulary (e.g., Stand) and phrases (e.g., What's the difference?) of use to the ESL teacher with Arabic speaking students. It provides a basis...
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Unit Plan
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: The Future: Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This lesson focuses on miscellaneous vocabulary. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce the material presented. Audio...
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Unit Plan
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: The City (La Ciudad): Vocabulary

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: Buildings found in a city. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material presented -...
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Activity
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Transportation: Vocabulary

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: Transportation. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material presented - audio...
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Website
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly

Many Things for Esl Japanese Version

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Japanese version of the well-known Interesting Things for ESL site (the authors are professors teaching in Japan). The Japanese site has many of the same features as the English Only version in fact, it usually goes to the...
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Handout
Other

List of Verbs in Arabic Speak7

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of 350 of the most commonly used verbs in English with Arabic translation and transliteration.
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Website
Other

Esl Independent Study Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great resource for ESL/EFL students; it presents a collection of more than 250 sites where you can find reading and writing exercises, games, vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and more. Rather than present a straight list,...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Elc Study Zone: Kitchen Utensils Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This vocabulary development tool for students features a matching exercise that shows pictures of common items of common kitchen utensils. Students match correct word with picture from a drop-down menu. After 10 questions a score can be...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Elc Study Zone: Home Appliances Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Nice vocabulary development tool for students. Matching exercise shows pictures of common appliances from the home. Student tries to match correct word with picture from drop-down menu. After 10 questions a score based on correct answers...
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Unit Plan
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Weather: Vocabulary (El Tiempo)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: weather vocabulary, seasons. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material presented -...
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Lesson Plan
English Page

English Page: English Vocabulary: Advanced Vocabulary Lessons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives people learning English with a list of useful vocabulary for situations such as getting an apartment or going to the grocery store. It includes a learning activity to practice the vocabulary.
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Randall Davis

Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Basic English Quiz: Phone Numbers

For Students 3rd - 8th
This listening-for-numbers exercise for English language learners (ELLs) tests survival listening skills and listening fluency. Students must choose the correct telephone number from a multiple-choice list after listening to an audio clip.
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Activity
Randall Davis

Esl Net World: What Is the Internet?

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is a good tutorial introduction to the Internet and its basic parts provided for by ESL NetWorld.com. It describes a short history and the different components of the Internet.
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Study Guide
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for Foreign Language, Esl, Ell, Lep

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This page offers links to about 1500 words for foreign languages including French, Spanish, Italian, etc.